Experimental Investigation on the Capacity of Steel Cold Formed RHS Tubular Stub Columns with A Central Circular Web Opening

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Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra, Benha University, Cairo, Egypt

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The capacity of rectangular hollow section (RHS) cold-formed stub columns with two opposing central circular openings at column mid-height was experimentally studied in this research. The selected stub columns had a minimum yield strength of 357 MPa. The impact of two opposing central circular openings on the structural performance of tubular steel stub columns was examined for perforation size to flat-width ratios of 0.4 and 0.6. Also, these columns with openings were strengthened with a doubler plate. This study presents the ultimate column abilities, load-end shortening curves, regional geometric faults, and typical failure modes extracted from the current test program. Further, this paper has presented a study of the potential of strengthening the RHS stub columns by using external doubler plates with two distinct heights with doubling and tripling the aperture diameter. As for the cold-formed thin-walled steel stub column strengthened with external doubler plates, the larger the doubler plate height, the greater the improvement of the load ability. The ultimate buckling load capacity of the strengthened perforated rectangular hollow section (RHS) under axial compression is increased by about 40%.

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Engineering Research Journal (Shoubra)
Volume 53, Issue 1
January 2024
Pages 98-110

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